The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-18
CITY NOTES.

A good, old fashioned, soaking rain is
one of the needs of this community just
now.
The Gem City Guards now have
drill every evening, in order to break in
the awkward squad" composed of the
many new members of the company.
Four dogs were shot and killed by the
police force ON Thursday night. Several
other dogs We're taken up yesterday and
if they are not called for they VIII be
shot.
The big safe at the post office was
opened yesterday by boring a hole into
the lock. 1t required almost the whole
day to drill the hole, and several drills
were broken.
Rev. George p. Gwild, blind Baptist
preacher, will hold services at the Bap-
fist Church tomorrow morning and
evening, at the usual hours. The public
is invited to attend these services.
The thermometer at West End, yester-
day, registered at a. m, 20 degrees; at
l p. m, 50 degrees and at 6 p. M, 81 de-
grees. The day was little warmer
than any we have had this week, but
the breeze equalized things, and it
proved very pleasant.
We learn that Mr.. l.. C. Canova has
sold his little steam yacht to Major j. L.
Burton and others, and that 1t will be
carried around to Summer Haven. 1t
will make daily trips between Summer
Haven and St. Augustine, and will add
much to the attractiveness of that fam
Gus summer resort.
Mr.. A. p. Canova has just received
quite a lot of genuine Indian pumkin
seed from Johnny Billy, an Indian who
lives down in the Everglades. Mr.. Ca
nova will give few of the seed to any
one wishing to grow them, and as the
pumkins are said to be veryIfine, it will
pay gardeners and truckers to give
them a trial.
The United States Department of Ag-
riculture at Washington has instructed
j. III. Moore to procure and forward to
the Department the post office address of
all persons engaged in grape growing
and wine making in Putnam County,
Fla. Those knowing of such persons
will please forward their address to j.
III. Moore, Keuka, Fla.
Our British born fellow citizens are
preparing for grand time ON next
Tuesday evening. the occasion of the
grand Jubilee supper at the Saratoga
Hotel. A great many tickets have al
ready been sold, and parties from nearly
every section of South Florida will be
here to take part in the celebration in
honor of Queen Victoria. The supper
will take place at the Saratoga Hotel ON
Tuesday evening, and the tickets are
sold for 81.
Leo jacobson, formerly of tins city,
as will be seen from the following para
graph, taken from the Key West Ere-
ming CaH, is at the quarantine station
at Tampa. The rumor that he is down
with the yellow fever is untrue: Jacob
son, the dry goods man. left us by the
Olivette Saturday night, and rumor re-
ports him now down with fever at the
Tampa quarantine station"
Some bad boys have been in the habit
of ''skinning the cat and performing
other gymnastic tricks on the awning
frame in front of the First National
Bank, which bend, and sometimes break
the iron rods. Strips of barbed wire
have now been placed along the top of
the irons. and the kid that Jumps up
and grabs them in the dark may have to
get assistance to turn loose.
Messrs. Alex Strauss and r. III. Enos
will go over to Daytona in a day or two
to inspect the roads over there made of
the Halifax coast shell. Ii is claimed
bed than stone. and is comparatively
free from dust. They will give the
shells n thorough inspection, and if adj
visable will recommend it to the Board
of Trade for use on the proposed Palatka
driveway.
The Academy of the Sacred Heart will
be moved during the present summer
vacasion, back from Lemon street to the
lot on Oak street, Just in rear of the
Catholic Church, The lot on which the
Academy now stands was recently
traded to Mr.. Dalton for The Oak street
property, and the new location viii be
in every way better suited for school
purposes. New additions will be built
to the already large building, and other
improvements will he made
nh
leading from Vertrees & Co.'S stables
to the river should be looked into. and
the matter remedied by the authorities.
The ditch is stopped up, and all the filth
drained from large part of the city is
washed down there and left to tester in